> GC wasn't that much a deal to let go, because they found a way to do the same thing without it (ARC). It's not like they had to rewrite anything for the new p

> GC wasn't that much a deal to let go, because they found a way to do the same thing without it (ARC). It's not like they had to rewrite anything for the new post-GC era. The official recommendation from Apple was to not transition for GC but only to use it for new projects or for complete rewrites. So it was a big deal for every developer who relied on GC. And only because something is new does not mean it is modern. All of the concepts that Swift implements are fairly old. Swift is just new.